Coronavirus: Here’s how to keep your air quality good indoors

Without air circulation, particles settle in your home. Air circulation keeps them moving, so he recommends this for the next few weeks: Change your fan from auto to on. (File photo via Pixabay.com)

By: WSBTV.com Updated: March 20, 2020 - 9:52 PM

ATLANTA — With more people spending time confined inside, we wanted to know if any changes need to be made to keep you healthy.

“Even without this pandemic, you want to consider trying to improve the indoor quality of the air inside your house,” Chris Rich said.

Rich has worked in heating and air conditioning for 40 years. He says the air we breathe indoors can be two to five times more polluted than outdoor air. For this reason, filtration is important, and it doesn’t have to cost much. He recommends affordable, accordion-style filters.